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[Vibrant General] psyko-m1:
I'm really curious to know how I can change the default 4 app shortcuts in the launcher.

The ones I'm talking about is the Phone, Messaging, Contacts, etc

I have my phone rooted, the works.

For the life of me I've played with the phone all weekend and looked online and can't seem to find a damn thing.

Thanks for any help you good folks can provide, and I look forward to some fantastic ROMS from the community!:D
[Vibrant General] teronzhul:
Push applications button > menu > select customizable grid

Push menu > edit

You can drag icons from the app drawer to the bottom, but you can only change 2 of the 4.
[Vibrant General] SykesAT:
best way IMO is to use a different launcher

launcher pro and ADWL Launcher are both excellent and worth a try.
[Vibrant General] RickCain:
THANK YOU so much! I have been trying a way to get the Handcent icon to replace the messenging one since last week.
[Vibrant General] shtay:
Thanks! I have been trying to figure that out too
[Vibrant General] psyko-m1:
ADW will work fine on the Vibrant???

Just curious.
[Vibrant General] cojonesx:
yes ADW works fine, you just cant use the samsung widgets
[Vibrant General] bert269:
is there a solution for this?

Any way it can be made to work?
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jesusispimp:
I've been doings lots of research and I wanted to know what some of the best apps are.

I'm already looking at

Advanced Task Killer or something simular

dolphin HD or opera mini

GBA Emulator for Pokemon and Advance Wars

Sad to see the Swype beta is closed again I really wanted that on this phone too (Coming from Touch Pro 2)

Any advice on must haves or other nice apps? I did search that's how I came to the decision on the above.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] SilverStone641:
Here's some of my favorites

Battery Indicator (puts a battery symbol with a percentage number on the system bar)

RockPlayer(plays everything, even mkvs)

ShootMe(for quick screen shots of your phone. useful for debugging and showing off)

Speed Test(tests your internet connection speed)

ROM Manager(A MUST if you're going to do any custom ROM flashing)

AppBrain(Alternative to the app store)

Tapatalk(so you can browse XDA on the go)

Titanium Backup(if you're rooted. excellent backup)

Shazam(identify music)

ES File Explorer(exactly what the name says)

Google Goggles(just a fun app. take pictures of whatever and it googles for that item)

Pandora(streaming internet radio)

p.s. the swype apk is still available on these forums

http://xdaforums.com/showthread.php?t=687056

good luck! and welcome to the family!! :cool:
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] jesusispimp:
Thanks a lot for the list, I'll be sure to get most of those, I think Astra(astro?) might be a better file explorer? I hear of it more often. I forgot about pandora and titanium. Really excited that I can still get swype!

I know this matters to you fellas here so i'll say that I do intend on rooting once CM6 is fully released.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] chumba8:
I will save you some trial and error too get root manager its awesome I only wish i would have had it sooner I finally got it on my droid after 6 months of not knowing now I cant live wthout it welcome too the evo club you will love it
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] Danevo4g:
Hey guys, I just got my evo as well after returning the new iphone, love this evo! Just install astro followed by swype and learning more! What I am confused about is "rooting" can someone briefly explain this? Im learning as I go.

Thanks guys!
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] 702DROID:
STAY AWAY FROM TASK KILLERS OR MANAGERS they do more harm then good ;-)
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] mongoose8p:
I disagree ATK on aggressive with close apps on screen shutoff works wonders for me and I get great battery life.
[EVO 4G Themes and Apps] 702DROID:
http://geekfor.me/faq/you-shouldnt-be-using-a-task-killer-with-android/

;)
[HD2 General] VisualOddity:
So, hear me out...

Lets say there is a ROM I like to flash, and I always set it up a certain way. Maybe I set up the CHT quick links a specific way, wallpapers, tabs order, etc. Now, would it be possible to edit the ROM so that when I flash it, those things are set up like that out of the box? It seems like sounds can be set up to come out of a fresh flash a certain way, so maybe apps too?

Just curious and hoping someone can let me know how hard this would be to do?...

Thanks.
[HD2 General] samsamuel:
yes you certainly can. i've got all my apps, all cookies settings, favourites, region, time displaythe, tab order the way i like, , , , all i have to do after hard reset is run one cab that sets upemail, and one cab of certain tweaks that need to be run last.(they could be cooked in too, i just haven't gotten round to it yet)
[General Questions and Answers] NitroR36:
bum,

but is there an app on there that can play mp4's?

ive tried to sift through but i have a remarkably short attention span :(

many thanks

Nitro
[General Questions and Answers] stylez:
Moved as not software release.

TCPMP is freeware and CorePlayer which is the developed pay version.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] shaolin95:
Hi!

Anything you can share like ini file or maybe some specific driver you are using etc would be nice.

After seeing FpseCE in the HD2...I was blown away how much faster it is even with my phone OCed to 768Mhz.

Thanks!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] XITruthiX:
Dude are you running the newer At0m d3d driver?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] shaolin95:
I am using the Energy ROM so I am not sure if it is there already...I know there is a GFX BOOStER option but yes I tried the Atom driver as well and I did not see any difference.

Did you?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Themes and Apps] XITruthiX:
Ya definately, FF7 runs at 60fps OC'd to 787mhz with the at0m d3d driver.

Audio is still **** tho and pocketiso doesnt seem to find any of the audio streams to rip and compress... idk how to do it man
[Vibrant General] iBustCh3rries:
And after putting ADW launcher over it instead of touchwiz I must say I love it!! I will say that the touchwiz contacts on here is phenomanal but I'm not a fan of the launcher UI Good job Samsung
[Captivate General] ant1171984:
Seen some samples online. Anyone on here have any opinions on night shots with this phone since flash is absent? Does the "night mode" seem to help make the pictures barable...or perphaps does that do better justice than an LED flash would?
[Captivate General] derek4484:
I tried "night mode" in my den yesterday with the tv on and just sunlight coming through the shades, it was worthless. The only thing that showed up on the picture was the tv screen while the rest of the picture was black.
[Captivate General] ant1171984:
Whats your opinon on the camera over-all. I just wish it had flash! :(
[Captivate General] derek4484:
Yes, I wish it had a flash too. Overall I think the camera takes solid pictures, just has to be enough light. Its still just a cellphone camera, though, so dont get rid of your regular digital camera. But in a pinch it takes usable pics. It's better than the 2MP cam on my old iphone.

From pics that I've seen I think the iphone4 camera is the best out there, it has the largest opening that allows the most light in to the sensor. The Droid X also has a great cam, but I think the Galaxy S phones are just behind that one. So its a top 3 cell cam. This, of course, is just my honest opinion.
[Captivate General] ant1171984:
thanks

I have the samsung mythic now (touch screen feature phone) that has flash and it sometimes helps sometimes doesn't. Of course it's an LED flash so sometimes it makes the object just a big blob of light.
[Captivate General] tbae2:
I think phones with LED Flashes / Xenon flashes are overrated. More often then not they lend to washing out the picture completely with a white shade over everything. Only thing I ever used my fuze flash for is a flashlight.
[Captivate General] labbu63:
i think if you had a iphone before(not saying you did) those people might be able to live but people who didnt maybe not so much
[Captivate General] ConceptVBS:
Before

After

http://www.tmonews.com/2010/07/is-the-samsung-vibrant-night-mode-a-worthwhile-replacement-to-flash/
[Captivate General] ewingr:
What menu do you use to find night mode? I've browsed through all the menus on the camera, and none were titled 'night mode'
[Captivate General] s.m.knipe:
The TV might have been too bright, throwing off the light ratios. I would imagine that "night mode" just auto-magically adjusts the exposure based on an average of the light recorded. Try a picture in the same settings without the TV screen in the picture and see if it improves...
[Captivate General] ant1171984:
Thanks!

Thanks a lot for the pics!! Night mode does seem to do pretty good!
[Touch Cruise Android Development] leppa:
I think that this error needs no intorduction for POLA100 users who tried running latest Android kernels using Haret.

It also seems that this error is caused by the double vibration at the beginning of boot process and was solved once by paipo (see this post) by commenting out the vibration part and rebuilding. But those kernel is outdated and misses some latest features and fixes.

So I did the same as paipo but with the latest kernel from the git repository (as of 19.07.2010, revision d5d0a56fae6df779443a82e2d90b7ec8097cb332). zImage is attached to this post. I'll try to update the kernel from time to time.

Please, note that the attached kernel image is optimized for Eclair (CONFIG_ECLAIR=y in .config or

System Type/Android Optimization

is set to Eclair in make menuconfig).

And yes, you can do it yourself. Just follow the guide in the second post ;)
[Touch Cruise Android Development] leppa:
Disabling the vibration and rebuilding the kernel yourself

So how do you do this? :)

First of all, follow the steps 1 to 4 of Building kernel For Vogue, Kaiser, and Polaris part from this guide to prepare your building environment.

Now you need to open the arch/arm/mach-msm/board-htcpolaris.c file in your favourite text editor.

Search for vibrate word (it was line 1019). You'll see something like this:

// vibrate
for (i=0; i<2; i++) {
while(msm_proc_comm(PCOM_VIBRA_ON,0)==-EAGAIN);
mdelay(150);
while(msm_proc_comm(PCOM_VIBRA_OFF,0)==-EAGAIN);
mdelay(75);
}

Remove this part or replace with the following:

// vibrate
// for (i=0; i<2; i++) {
// while(msm_proc_comm(PCOM_VIBRA_ON,0)==-EAGAIN);
// mdelay(150);
// while(msm_proc_comm(PCOM_VIBRA_OFF,0)==-EAGAIN);
// mdelay(75);
// }

As you can see, all lines now start with two slashes.

Now follow step 5 from the guide, mentioned above. You'll see a menu.

Go to System Type and select Android Optimization accroding to your needs. Then select Exit, than again Exit, then Yes.

Now follow step 6 from the guide. This will take some time. At the end you should see:

Kernel: arch/arm/boot/zImage is ready

Copy zImage from

arch/arm/boot

folder to

\Storage Card\andboot

folder on your device and use it :)
[Touch Cruise Android Development] l1q1d:
I update this option in the kernel.

Now double vibration is disable by default.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] foxct2005:
You are great !!!

YOU ARE GREAT !!!

THANKS A LOT A LOT A LOT !!!

THIS EVENING I WILL TRY SURELY !!!!!!!

Only a question: Optimized for Eclair is equal to Optimize to FROYO ?

Can I use your zImage to Froyo RLS 11 ?

Thanks in advance.

Bye
[Touch Cruise Android Development] l1q1d:
This flag now do nothing, so it's indifferent
[Touch Cruise Android Development] foxct2005:
GGGGGGGGGGGGGGRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEEAAAAAAAAATTTTTTT !!!!!!

I Have Just tested zImage in attached files.

Froyo seems better reactive, more smooth and rock stable.

Thanks a lot ...

When Video Playback will be solved... I will flash immediately Froyo to give a new life to my Cruise!!!

Thanks thanks thanks!
[Touch Cruise Android Development] l1q1d:
@foxct2005 : you can flash it month ago!

All these problems are only for haret!
[Touch Cruise Android Development] leppa:
This change isn't yet in the git repository, is it?

I was thinking about how to make this option available to any user without having to recompile the kernel. And came up with the idea of the new kernel parameter. So I added board-htcpolaris.no_boot_vibration parameter.

The attached kernel images work as they did before - with double vibration on boot and "waiting for notbusy" error. To disable the double vibration (and get rid of the error) add board-htcpolaris.no_boot_vibration=1 to default.txt so this line:

set cmdline "board-htcpolaris.panel_type=1 ppp.nostart=0 pm.sleep_mode=1 mddi.width=240 mddi.height=320 no_console_suspend clock-7x00.mddi=0xa51"

will look like this:

set cmdline "board-htcpolaris.panel_type=1 [COLOR="Red"]board-htcpolaris.no_boot_vibration=1[/COLOR] ppp.nostart=0 pm.sleep_mode=1 mddi.width=240 mddi.height=320 no_console_suspend clock-7x00.mddi=0xa51"

Adding this parameter is mandatory if you suffer from "waiting for notbusy" error.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] michasch:
big thanks for that patch!

I started a new try with android and my polaris yesterday but froyo doesn't work (with haret). Now with this patch it work and even booting and boot logo is much faster on my Pola200! Great! Thanks!
[Touch Cruise Android Development] DmK75:
Good idea!

I have long think why developers not added it to the cmdline.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] nikiiv:
Thank you, thank you, thank you..

I almost sold my Polaris in despair that this problem will never get fixed..
[Touch Cruise Android Development] leppa:
I think, they have much more other, more serious, things to do :)

You're welcome :)

If this patch gets upstream, we will not need to rebuild the kernel every time a new build comes out. I already posted it in the Polaris Android Linux Kernel Development Project thread.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] loscassapalle:
thanks leppa,

i tried the froyo one, but for me doesn't work. last days i used the last dzo one, it worked for 2 or 3 days, and now doesn't work again. the only zimage that works is the 29-04 one, but my battery doesn't like it so much :D
[Touch Cruise Android Development] leppa:
What do you mean by that? Do you still get "waiting for notbusy" error?

If yes, did you add the kernel parameter board-htcpolaris.no_boot_vibration=1?

If no, than I can't help, cause this is the only thing I changed in the kernel.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] loscassapalle:
maybe is not my problem...i can't see an error string, the problem is the animation at the start that never end. :)
[Touch Cruise Android Development] leppa:
Then this is some other problem. Cause "waiting for notbusy" error occurs almost at the very beginning of the boot process (while text is running, before even "Hold down Volume Up or DPad..." message).

How long do you wait? At first boot the animation may run for five and even more minutes. Try reinstalling from scratch (i.e., wiping system and data partitions).
[Touch Cruise Android Development] loscassapalle:
i checked now, i also have this string that you said (now i'm using the froyo image you uploaded in 8# post).

the animation problem is strange. the zimage of 29-4 works, the animation ends in a few seconds, but the battery life is very short. the last dzo zimage worked for a couple of days, then i had the same problem after a softreset...and this one is the same...

EDIT: now it works... lol
[Touch Cruise Android Development] leppa:
I didn't test the Froyo image, cause I'm playing with Eclair. Does it vibrate on start? It shouldn't or you forgot to put the kernel parameter.

So, it started working?
[Touch Cruise Android Development] loscassapalle:
i don't know how to edit the zimage...but now it works...i didn't change anything...
[Touch Cruise Android Development] leppa:
You don't need to. I was talking about editing default.txt as I described in post 8.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] loscassapalle:
ok:D

i'll try to do it later...thanks:)
[Touch Cruise Android Development] :
leppa,

This morning, I loaded your zImage-eclair-20-07-10 with an updated default.txt that includes the code to switch of the vibrations at boot, but it did something funky to my battery.

Battery drained completely within 3 hours (I had only WiFi running and it was in sleep mode most of that time) and wouldn't charge when I plugged it in. Not in Android and not in WinMo after I powered down Android and rebooted WinMo.

WinMo didn't even give me a % charge left. Just an empty bar and no number at the end.

I ended up switching off the phone and pulling out the battery. The phone gave a really funky set of very quick beeps when I did that.

After leaving it plugged in for a while, the temperature came down and when I booted WinMo again, there was a number and a bar in the battery status window, and the battery proceeded to charge again.

I've had the battery drain twice now today, on both the times that I booted Android with this new zImage. It also didn't charge in Android the second time, but after rebooting WinMo with the cable unplugged, it did cool down and charge under WinMo the second time.

I think I'll go back to the 06-07-10 zImage, and deal with the fact that I have to boot Android a few times before actually getting in (removing and putting back the SD card works most of the time to get past the "waiting for notbusy" error), rather than overheating and draining my battery.

Also, the battery level indicator is way off: 50% in WinMo and 67% in Android. And both times Android claimed there was still 15% left, but a reboot in WinMo gave me nothing the first time, and 1% the second time.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] leppa:
It's really hard for me to help you here, because the only thing I changed in the kernel code was 4 lines not related to anything, except vibration. The code was taken from the latest revision of htc-vogue branch in the git repository.

Regarding overheating, I experienced it on heavy WiFi usage with most kernels. The phone may become really hot.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] :
No problem, I'll try to replicate the WiFi overheating & batery drain with the 06-07-10 zImage. See what happens.

And keep an eye out for the next "official" zImage for Eclair release. See what happens with that, and possibly figure out from there if there's maybe some other code that's causing this.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] hobbes_bsd:
Big Thanks!

Excellent work! Thanks for the updated zImage. I use the Eclair version and it works great, much faster than the last known working Haret version, zImage-29-04-10. And the camera works too :D
[Touch Cruise Android Development] taurusqh:
Thx for leppa's zImage. It really works fine!!

But the key maps were changed. The power button became the same action as the red button - lock and close screen. And now I cant get recent apps window with pressing any button. How to get it?

I prefer using the red button as the home key. Is there an update for changing key maps?
[Touch Cruise Android Development] foxct2005:
New Kernels

Hi all,

A question for dummies...

New release of zImage need to be patch to use with our pola100?

If yes, anyone can patch it and post it there ?

If no, How use the new kernels? We need only to add to some lines default.txt to disable double vibration?

Thanks in advance.

Regards.

FoxCT.
[Touch Cruise Android Development] l1q1d:
new kernel has vibration enabled so add "board-htcpolaris.no_boot_vibration=1" to bootstring in default.txt as expained in post n 8
[Nexus One Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] danisiksense:
I looked around in the forum and the only one I found was socialite but its no longer in the market

I'm sorry I meant friendstream!!
[Android Software/Hacking General [Developers Only]] raym0nd:
Hi,

I have tried Contact2Sim and Copy to SIM Card application to copy but it does not work on my HTC Hero ever since I upgraded to 2.0 (custom rom).

I also tried to export to contact to vcf and my import option does not show SIM even though I have enabled to show SIM.

I can manually add 1 contact to SIM entry. Hence, I don't think my SIM card has any problem.

Please advise if this is a known issue or is there any workaround?

Thanks

Raym0nd
[Vibrant General] g1g:
Does any one know the best camcorder settings if so what would they be? Also i cant seem to find a night mode on the camcorder is there one ? I have been using my camcorder res at 720*480 but is 1280*720 the best ? :confused:
[Vibrant General] DAKIDD236:
Yes 1280*720 is HD recording..
[Vibrant General] reuthermonkey:
there's no night mode, however you can manually adjust the exposure levels if you really want. It automatically adjusts on its own as much as it can though.
[Vibrant General] renegadedj:
there is a night mode. it's under ...... okay i'm thinking of the camera only.... maybe the Outdoor Visibility option in camcorder will help??? don't know need it to be night time... haha will check and get back here... :D
[Vibrant General] hah2110:
Ya I heard there was a night mode, where is it!
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ViViDboarder:
Is there any way to get widgets on my lockscreen? I played around briefly with FlySreen but I didn't care for it since it was basically an app that ran 24/7 and let you disable the lockscreen to it would "replace it".

Are there any actual custom lockscreens out there? I mean, HTC made their own, there has to be a way to build one right?
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] SteelH:
Try looking HERE
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ViViDboarder:
Yea, no indication of being able to place widgets on the lockscreen.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] kamdroid:
WidgetLocker - $0.99

http://www.appbrain.com/app/com.teslacoilsw.widgetlocker
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] ViViDboarder:
I saw that one. Are you using it? It pretty much looks like what I want but I don't know if it works like FlyScreen or what. I really didn't like the feel of FS. That status icon the whole time was really annoying.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r546:
I haven't seen this question addressed anywhere after a quick search - if you are using the headphone jack to connect to aux in your car stereo to play music, and receive a phone call and use the answer button on your Bluetooth headset, will the headset take over and override the headphone jack? Or will I have to unplug the headphone jack before answering? Thanks.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] caseyweed:
Yes, the headset will take over.
[EVO 4G Q&A, Help & Troubleshooting] r546:
Great, thanks!
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] Xeion:
It has happened a few other times, but now its starting to irritate me. Why is it that companies only offer apps for Blackberry, Iphone and Android? It has happened several times I was searching for an app to see that there was none for Windows Mobile. The latest of which was a UPS tracking app, UPS only has it for Android, BB, and Iphone.

Is there some sort of boycott of Microsoft from companies for them to refuse to make apps for our phones?
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] dragonlord785:
no, they're just waiting until WP7 comes out so they don't have to make 2 different apps
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] bwnotredame06:
I too feel the same way. And I'm not gonna do windows7 so I guess I'll jump to android.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] ix sik pro xi:
I'm with you on that one, it seems like Android really has taken off.
[Touch Pro2, Tilt 2 Windows Mobile General] redpoint73:
The current versions of WM are a "lame duck". Windows Phone 7 will not be compatible with any software for previous WM versions. And WP7 comes out before the holiday season 2010 (possibly as early as October). So companies don't want to spend time and $$$ developing an app that will only be good for a few months.

Also, the WM market share is shrinking. The latest numbers show that WM only has 13% of the market (and going down), while RIM has 41%, Apple 24%, and Android has 13%, but growing rapidly.

Yes, those of us with the current version of WM are left in the dust. Unless MS turns things around with WP7, I'm moving to Android also.